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			<h1>COVARIANCE.S Function</h1>
			<p>The <b>COVARIANCE.S</b> function is one of the statistical functions. It is used to return the sample covariance, the average of the products of deviations for each data point pair in two data sets.</p>
			<p>The <b>COVARIANCE.S</b> function syntax is:</p> 
			<p style="text-indent: 150px;"><b><em>COVARIANCE.S(array-1, array-2)</em></b></p> 
			<p>where <b><em>array-1(2)</em></b> is the selected range of cells with the same number of elements.</p> 
			<p class="note"><b>Note:</b> if <b><em>array-1(2)</em></b> contains text, logical values, or empty cells, the function will ignore those values, but treat the cells with the zero values.</p>
			<p>To apply the <b>COVARIANCE.S</b> function,</p>
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			<li>select the cell where you wish to display the result,</li>
			<li>click the <b>Insert function</b> <div class = "icon icon-insertfunction"></div> icon situated at the top toolbar,
				<br />or right-click within a selected cell and select the <b>Insert Function</b> option from the menu,
				<br />or click the <div class = "icon icon-function"></div> icon situated at the formula bar,
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			<li>select the <b>Statistical</b> function group from the list,</li>
			<li>click the <b>COVARIANCE.S</b> function,</li>
			<li>enter the required arguments manually or select them with the mouse separating them by comma,</li>
			<li>press the <b>Enter</b> button.</li>
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			<p>The result will be displayed in the selected cell.</p>
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